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ahmad:23952 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ibn Lahīʿah > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Abū al-Ṣaʿbah > Ḥanashʿan Faḍālah b. ʿUbayd

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever allows himself to become gray-haired for the sake of Allah, it will be a light for him on the Day of Judgment." A man then asked, "O Messenger of Allah, what about men who pluck out their gray hairs?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "Whoever wishes to pluck them out, he will be removing his light."  

أحمد:٢٣٩٥٢ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ أَبِي الصَّعْبَةِ عَنْ حَنَشٍعَنْ فَضَالَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ شَابَ شَيْبَةً فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ كَانَتْ نُورًا لَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ رِجَالًا يَنْتِفُونَ الشَّيْبَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ شَاءَ فَلْيَنْتِفْ نُورَهُ  

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tabarani:15933 – [Chain 1] Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > ʿAlī b. al-Madīnī [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Yaḥyá b. Maʿīn > Wahbb. Jarīr b. Ḥāzim from my father > Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Abū al-Ṣaʿbah > Ḥanash > Faḍālah b. ʿUbayd

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever grows grey hair in Islam, it will be a light for him on the Day of Resurrection." So a man said, "There are men who pluck out grey hair." He replied, "Whoever wishes may pluck out his grey hair or his light."  

الطبراني:١٥٩٣٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيُّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ قَالَا ثنا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرِ بْنِ حَازِمٍ ثنا أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ يَحْيَى بْنَ أَيُّوبَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ أَبِي الصَّعْبَةِ عَنْ حَنَشٍ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَنْ شَابَ شَيْبَةً فِي الْإِسْلَامِ كَانَتْ لَهُ نُورًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ إِنَّ رِجَالًا يَنْتِفُونَ الشَّيْبَ فَقَالَ مَنْ شَاءَ نَتَفَ شَيْبَهُ أَوْ قَالَ نُورَهُ  

tabarani:15934 – Muḥammad b. al-ʿAbbās al-Muʾaddib > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Ibn Lahīʿah > Yazīd b. Abū Ḥabīb > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Abū al-Ṣaʿbah > Ḥanash > Faḍālah b. ʿUbayd

[Machine] "The Prophet (may ﷺ ) said, 'Whoever turns grey in Islam for the sake of Allah will have light on the Day of Resurrection.' A man then asked, 'But what about those who dye their hair to hide the grey?' The Prophet (may ﷺ ) replied, 'Whoever wishes can hide his light.'"  

الطبراني:١٥٩٣٤ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ الْمُؤَدِّبُ ثنا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثنا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ أَبِي الصَّعْبَةِ عَنْ حَنَشٍ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ شَابَ شَيْبَةً فِي الْإِسْلَامِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ كَانَتْ لَهُ نُورًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ رِجَالًا يَنْتِفُونَ الشَّيْبَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مَنْ شَاءَ فَلْيَنْتِفْ نُورَهُ»  

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السيوطي:٢١٨٤٥a –

"مَنْ شَابَ شَيبَةً في سَبيلِ الله كَانَتْ له نورًا يَومَ القِيَامَةِ، قِيل: فإِنَّ رِجَالًا ينتهون الشِّيبَ؟ قَال: مَن شَاءَ فَليَنْتِف نُورَهُ".  

[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير عن فضالة بن عبيد